ACCEL Lite: HRS Late Breaker: LBB-Optimized CRT

In this interview, Andrea Russo, MD, FACC; Marek Jastrzebski, MD, PhD; and Jeffrey Hsu, MD, PhD, focus on a Heart Rhythm Society late-breaking study on left bundle branch optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy, discussing its differences from traditional pacing and benefits to the patient, limitations of the alternative techniques, and a new method to more fully restore physiology of depolarization of the left ventricle in patients with heart failure and broad QRS complex.

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Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Implantable Devices, EP Basic Science, SCD/Ventricular Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation/Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Acute Heart Failure

Keywords: ACCELLite, Electrophysiology, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Heart Failure, Bundle-Branch Block


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